Adjustable curtain blind and portiere holder



Nqv. 24, 1931. P. J. FAGAN 1,833,777

ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN BLIND AND PORTIERE HOLDER- Filed Oct. 23, 1929 :,3 views, and in wh1ch .1 The base of each bracket Patented I ewfi r R N we er-seme ana.- a I V a p1 at n,fi1ed October att iazai serial Ito, 461, 9 i This invention relates towindow curtains,

. window blinds and jportijerebr'ackets 'or holdsaidplate lis formed with, openings :45 for v ers, and has'as oneof itsobjectsto provide, in a bracket ofthis class, a novel arrangement 5 of attachment membersyand bracket mem-r' bers for supporting the curtain or shade roll-v ers or rods, and'one of the objects of the inventionis to provide, means whereby, upon the base or attaching member of the bracket, 7 various kinds of supporting members may be adjustably arranged, depending upon the character of the portiere to be suspended, so

i that the device may be put to various usesh'l. w

7 V -comm odatedTin the spacefbetween't construct pairs'of the brackets that the bracket members, which are to be mounted'thereon,

I 'Another'object of the invention is to so may be attached to anddismounted fro'mthe base without removing; the b'aseirom the window or door frame. a

features of construction and in the combination and arrangementof the several parts,

to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated a in the accompanying clrawings, and specif 5' ically pointedout in the-appended claims In describing my invention detail, reference will be-had to the accompanying drawingsf wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughoutthe several Figurel is a view n front elevation illus trating an arrangement of window brackets embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a View in side elevation of one 3 of the brackets, the same being designed for the support of a shade roller and also a'rod 1 for supporting portieres,or a curtain;

Figure 3 is a view showing the component parts of the invention inperspective the parts being relatively separated.

- Figure 4; 's a perspective View of one of the brackets;

Figure 5' 1s a similar view illustrating. an-

other one of thebrackets i a is best illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 of the, drawings and comprises asheetmetal plate lwhich is ofrectangular form," which has its upperand lower marginal portions-overturned asindi La cated'by the numeral 3, so as to-provide flange with respect to the face of the frame sojthat "edge with alrelatively ong slot 9 eXtending V parallel to"the'jlovver edgeof the platefland i This invention also consists in certaingother p p I located near and parallel to the iupper' edge of} itlieplate;

iendof each base pl 'te which] the slotstiiQO portions 3which ars icsdjwithirs eatbl the gsid'e' of the body of the plate 1, and the; a p v tioned and. secured to l'thewind'ow f'rame-orj i 1 door frame depending. uponlthe use to which the device is to beput. i 'Atthis point it will-' :1- i a be evidentthaltwhen 'thelbas'e plate lis s'eicured to the face of a window frame or door-:3 frame, thesaid plate will-be somewhat spaced the heads 61-of securing bolts 7 may' be jac-f plat 1 the itace'fof the window orijdoor'j these bolts being, "provided; with] ing J 8 anclthe'plate being formed in one-vertical,"

also in 'itslsaid edgewith the shorter slot"lOc I The numeral: 11 indi'cates general one i of apair 'of brackets-for supporting afl'win 'dow shade roller aiidvthis bracket comp ises? anattaching portion 12 having a -s1 'ot 13 therein opening through the outerend edge thereof. -The'bracket furtherJCOmprises a portion l l'lextending at right angles fromthe;

oppositefend of th ort on;12andprovidedw W I o h l5yto'receive the end of the I P gSpindle of theshad'e roller.

" As shown in Figure 2 and alsoin Figure 1, jtheportion 12 of the bracketlljis disposed a against the outer face ot the plate 1 with theslot13 regi'stered.with'the slot Qandthe bolt 7 extending through thesaid slots, it]; being understoo'dthat the bolt 7; maybe as} i T seinbled; with the plate II-after the plate has been secured to thelwindowframe and,- inas- 90 f i much as the slot 13in the portion 12ofthe bracket 11 0pens -through=the end of .said

portion, this member mayi'likewise be fitted to the bolt after theirvbase plate 11m been I mountedand, due to theprovisiono'fthe'slots, -9 themember 1-1 may;be adjustedlongitudi-J .nally of the base member dependinguponthe I length of the-shade'roller. Y

.Aslshown, in Figure 1 ofthedrawinggithat it 9 and 10 are formed, may proj-ectbey ond the l outer side of thestile of the indow frame to which it is secured, therefore-the slot 10 may be located entirelybeyond andv clear of the said stile; and this permits of the use ofthe bracket member shown in ignres 2 and 3 and indicatedin general by the'numeral 16 "tl 1'e saidbracket member gcomprisi'ngan attaching portion17;Whi0h is flat and pref: 3,1'o1erably rectangular, and from the opposite which, are "provided-[ ith slots 19. in which a shadelor curtain" supporting membermayi beengaged atits ends a.threaded."stndiEZO-y i p f 15 being provided upon the rearside -of the threaded: upon thest'em an thelbracket memb'er'in' place. i

other form of-bracket Which :comprisesan ';"t aching plate 22- wh1jchplate s preferq a 1th an opening23through Which'on'e of the he bracket member 11, above referred to.

midiway between its ends with anopening l-in'drical curtain rod.

flWhatIclaimis 2- '.1. -An adjustableicnrtain blind and "1301'- hereholder com-pris ngattach ng members each including rectangular. shaped plate flanges at'the upper landloweri edges of the r plate for engagement wlth'a'snpport to space sideedgesrof which project bracket arms 18,

portionlTofthe bracket l6'and-fittedthrough i; 7 5 363 015 10," and the ,thnmbfnnt-Qlj beingj I d tightened to hold 5;,Figure4.ofithe drawings illustrate s am H V rect'angnlar and} provided centrally bolts '1" may beengaged, and, in thisembodr;

e tcf the invention; arms 24 are secured at v lower ends to theiplateQQfand,arepro- H ii'vided with upstandingportions-25 to which; theappropriate. end of a curtain .rod may be,

f f edjit being understood thatthis bracket i n niberwill be mounted; th-jsame-manner v y :1

' Z Figure :jcf'thedrawings illiistratesaffnr- H I thermodification inwhich a longitudinalat V inching member 26 islproyided at jeach end f --f i is With'an outstanding socket 2Z,and isformed:

28 thronghwhich one of thebolts 7 "may be fitted," these("socketsbeingfdesigned itor receiyegthe,rightangularly bent jends off a cyhaying" portions" thereof bent toJprovidelm at the ends, of the attaching portioniextendand: of cylindrical form and 'each'formed by bending-over the respectiveterniinal p01 tions 1 off the material from which the body' portion is formed in its entirety, the margins" the, overturned portions being mutually i pended by the bracket.

' {In testimony whereof I my signature.

j one face of the plate from saidsupport-and i hold the plate agamstnpward and downward" movement relative to said-support, fasteners extending through: the pla-te into" the sup ,port fora securing the plate-With one side edgeg'ithereof projected beyond one end of the sn pport, said plate "having; slots extending through said sid'eedge,head-ed fasteners received by the slots with the headed porc- {tions disposed between the plate and snp- 1"; 5po'rt, bracketsjoncsaid fasteners, iand.,- wing -ifso nuts t hreaded' toe said. fastenerslagainstrthe bracketsjd 1 1,12.lAr portiere ,bracket'comprising an atf j tachingbody portioniha ving "anaopen'ing for h th efpassage of a securing,elementfoi 'fasteii-' 4 mg sald-pojrt onto a snpport; andjmembers yerlapped to 7 avoid inji ry to fp ortires susing forw ardly from the front'fac'e thereof 7 [T me 

